246 BARRED OWL. 



such extent, at least, was an elegant specimen 

 preserved in the Leverian Museum, and figured 

 in the first volume of the Naturalist's Miscellany. 

 The whole bird, on the upper parts, is beautifully 

 barred with numerous brown bands on a yellowish- 

 white ground-colour; or, in other words, it might 

 be said to be barred with white on a brown ground- 

 colour, the spaces between the two colours being 

 nearly equal, except on the tail and larger quill- 

 feathers, where the brown bars are rather broader 

 than the white ones: the feathers surrounding the 

 eyes are whitish, with numerous concentric circles, 

 formed by interrupted linear brown streaks : the 

 whole under parts of the bird are yellowish white, 

 with longitudinal or descending brown spots: the 

 thighs and legs are plain or unspotted, and fea- 

 thered down to the claws : the bill is pale horn- 

 colour, and the irides yellow. This species in- 

 habits Hudson's Bay, and is said to prey, like the 

 preceding, on Hares, Grous, Mice, &c. 



